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Applaud for Dr. Marcy Borofsky and
Dr. Margo Yellin Woll, selected to
receive the Justice Louis Brandeis
Award, at this year's Balfour cel-
ebration 7 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375
Bell Road, Southfield. Sponsored
by the Zionist Organization of
America-Michigan Region, the event
will include musical entertainment
by Safam and a dessert afterglow.
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0888, balfour2009@mizoa.org .

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HEALTH / SUPPORT

Attend Time Travelers stroke support
group 10 a.m.-noon Tuesdays, Oct.
6 and 20 at Temple Shir Shalom in
West Bloomfield. No charge. RSVP to
Shelly Newman, (248) 737-0266 or
sred9@sbcglobal.net .

Welcome luncheon keynote speaker
Mehmet Oz, M.D., a frequent guest
on Oprah and author of You: Staying
Young, noon Tuesday, Oct. 13, at
Congregation Shaarey Zedek, 27375
Bell Road, Southfield. The Sinai Guild
hosts the Women in Philanthropy
Women's Heart Health Benefit, a bien-
nial fundraising event. Purchase tick-
ets ($100): www.thesinaiguild.com .

The Dorothy & Peter Brown Jewish
Community Adult Day Care Program
holds monthly support group meet-
ings for caregivers of individuals
with Alzheimer's disease or a related
diagnosis. No charge. Onsite respite
during the meeting must be arranged
in advance:
• 1:30-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13,
at JVS, 29699 Southfield Road,
Southfield. RSVP: Dorothy Moon,
(248) 233-4392.
• 2-4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 8, and 7-
9 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, at Jewish
Senior Life, Fleischman Residence/
Blumberg Plaza, 6710 W. Maple Road,
West Bloomfield. RSVP: Fran Cook,
(248) 592-5032.

Attend an educational confer-
ence on mental health issues 7:45
a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 23, at

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Oakland Community College, 2900
Featherstone, Auburn Hills. Suitable
for counselors, social workers,
psychologists, educators and fam-
ily members. $110, $55 students;
includes lunch. Leah Foltyn: (248)
559-8235, ext. 123; Ieahf®kadimacen-
ter.org , www.kadimacenter.org .5.

HELPING

Create "Quilts for Comfort" for
congregants having chemotherapy
treatments 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday Oct.
13, at Temple Shir Shalom in West
Bloomfield. No sewing experience
needed. Contact Wendy Doigan at
(248) 757-2237 or wgcd@comcast.
net , or Eileen Terman at (248) 646-
0620 or ekterman@hotmail.com .

Mentor an at-risk youth living in
Oakland County through a Jewish
Family Service program called Mentor
Connection. (248) 592-2300, www.
mentorconnect.org .

Share informal outings with Jewish

parents of young adopted children
through Midwest Adoptive Families.
Details: (248) 545-8665,
justdoit0696@yahoo.com .

Contact Dr. Charles Silow if there's a
Holocaust survivor who might benefit
from Yad b'Yad (Hand In Hand), the
friendly visitor program of Jewish
Family Service: (248) 661-2999.

Deliver meals to homebound clients
in Oakland County through National
Council of Jewish Women's Kosher
Meals on Wheels program. Both regu-
lar drivers and subs are needed. (248)
967-0967.

Lead an hour-long Shabbat ser-
vice on Friday afternoons at Lahser
Hills Care Centre, 25300 Lahser,
Southfield. Chaplain Evelyn: (248)
354-3222, ext. 130.

HOLIDAYS / SHABBAT

Attend Congregation Shaarey Zedek
sukkah strolls and open house:
• West Bloomfield, Saturday, Oct. 3.
Seudah Shlishit (light meal) 5-8 p.m.
Daven Minchah at 6:45 p.m. Maariv-
Havdalah at 7:45 p.m. at the home
of Dava and Rabbi Eric Yanoff. Free.
RSVP: (248) 357-5544.
• Southfield, Sunday, Oct. 4. Visit the
sukkot of Susan and Rabbi Joseph
Krakoff and Rebecca and Rabbi Aaron
Starr, enjoying lunch and dessert fol-
lowing services. Free. RSVP: (248)
357-5544.

The Jewish Parents Institute will host
a free family Sukkot celebration 10:15
a.m.-12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 4, at
Camp Ruth II, at the West Bloomfield
JCC. Activities include building and
decorating a sukkah, crafts, music,
Israeli dancing, miniature golf, a fam-
ily service and food. (248) 432-5472

or www.jewishparentsinstitute.org .

Celebrate Simchat Torah Saturday,
Oct.10 at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek. RSVP: Tobye Bello at (248)
357-5544, ext. 45, or
tbello®shaareyzedek.org.:
• Southfield: Puppets, stories, songs,
activities, games, dancing with the
Torahs, pizza and ice cream at 5:30
p.m.
• West Bloomfield: B'nai Israel comes
together with Reform Temple Shir
Shalom and Sephardic Keter Torah
Synagogue for dancing and singing in
the streets at 7 p.m.

JEWISH LEARNING

Adat Shalom Synagogue begins its
lunch and learn programming with
a series titled "Who Is a Jew ... And
Who Decides?" led by Rabbi Aaron
Bergman noon-1:15 p.m. Thursdays,
Oct. 8- 29. $10 per session, which
includes lunch. All are welcome. RSVP
by the Friday prior to each program:
Sheila Lederman, (248) 851-5100.

Hear a lecture by Rachel Neis, of the
University of Michigan on "Proper
Looking: Rabbinic Viewing Practices
in Late Antiquity" noon Thursday,
Oct. 8, at the Jean & Samuel Frankel
Center for Judaic Studies, 202 S.
Thayer Street, Room 2022, Ann
Arbor. (734) 615-8503.

Participate at the Tor-ah-thon spon-
sored by Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education 9:30-11:30 a.m.
Friday, Oct. 9 (Hoshanah Rabbah),
at the Fisher Federation Building,
6742 Telegraph, Bloomfield Township.
Dr. Mitch Parker leads a discussion
on "New Year, New You ... Personal
Perspectives on the Narratives of
Bereshit (Genesis)." $10, or free if
taking any Melton or FedEd class. Co-
sponsors: Michigan Board of Rabbis,
Seminars for Adult Jewish Enrichment
and JCC. RSVP required: (248) 205-
2557, jewishdetroit.org/feded.

Hear Rabbi Aaron Starr discuss
"To Everything There is a Season
— A Discussion of Ecclesiastes,"
following Shabbat lunch Saturday,
Oct. 10, at Congregation Shaarey
Zedek Southfield. Free. RSVP to the
Education Office at (248) 357-5544,
ext. 60, or kdavis®shaareyzedek.org .

Partners In Torah presents Rabbi Tzvi
Muller's lecture series "Love Your
Neighbor as Yourself — Love, Respect
and Consideration" at noon on four
Wednesdays, Oct. 14-Nov. 4, at the
West Bloomfield JCC. Cost of $18 for
the series or $7 for each day includes
lunch. Call (248)-JUDAISM or visit
JustSayKnowToJudaism.com .

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Ann Arbor Art Walk

Sephardic Delights

In celebration of the 2009 Ann Arbor

Enjoy Sephardic musician Gerard Edery 8 p.m.

Art Walk in October, glass artist Janet

Saturday, Oct. 10, at the Birmingham Temple,

Kelman will host an open house at
her new Ann Arbor home-studio, 1410
Barnard Road, 5-10 p.m., Friday, Oct.

28611 W.12 Mile, Farmington Hills. For information,

call Joyce Cheresh, (248) 788-9338, or Ann

Sipher (248) 661-1348.

9, and noon-5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10.
Studios for two other artists are nearby.

In all, the Art Walk will feature 60 open

studios and galleries. For information:

Kelman (248) 547-8332; janet@

janetkelman.com ; www.janetkelman.com

Janet Kelman's Sunrise Seafan

or www.annarborartwalk.com .

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